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I appreciate it!","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1089170,"author_name":"LDJam user 371030","author_uid":"371030","epoch":1728383172,"text":"It's beautiful! Background music and art create quite an unique feeling. Thank you for that!","format":"md","likes":2,"spam":"N"},{"id":1089723,"author_name":"SMielke","author_uid":"smielke","epoch":1728388064,"text":"Short but very well done. I really love the art style and the animations!","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1091777,"author_name":"Teamofey Izorsky","author_uid":"teamofey-izorsky","epoch":1728402959,"text":"I like the style of the game and its palette. The colors contrast well with each other. The game is enjoyable, but too simple; Perhaps it would be worth making several types of enemies with different projectile behavior. Perhaps there is not enough reward for killing an enemy.\n\nGood game","format":"md","likes":2,"spam":"N"},{"id":1094505,"author_name":"ccollider","author_uid":"ccollider","epoch":1728418784,"text":"This is really slick, though I think if someone used my soul for self-defense I'd be upset","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1094531,"author_name":"Smothbreen","author_uid":"smothbreen","epoch":1728418991,"text":"kinda like playing IO from dota 2 with the atmosphere of hyper demon, quite liked it actually although I think the gameplay needs focusing a bit so I feel more in danger and theres actually a reason for me to expand the ring in and out.","format":"md","likes":2,"spam":"N"},{"id":1094630,"author_name":"NickHellquist","author_uid":"nickhellquist","epoch":1728419686,"text":"Looks really good, really nice atmosphere to it. A little too simple perhaps but overall real nice :)","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1095049,"author_name":"Klaus Peter","author_uid":"klaus-peter","epoch":1728422901,"text":"The looks and mechanics were pretty cool. The ring mechanic is really fun. But yeah, it was quite simple to just dodge or run away from the monsters. On my second replay it also seemed to take much longer for the ascending ritual to finish. I just thought it would have been nice to get a feedback for how long I actually have to wait.","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1095112,"author_name":"pastel-breakfast","author_uid":"pastel-breakfast","epoch":1728423460,"text":"One of the more fun gameplay loops I've tried so far! My main feedback would be more clarity around taking damage. I couldn't always tell if I got hurt or why.\n\nThe visual style and atmosphere is also very cool.\n\nThanks for sharing <3","format":"md","likes":2,"spam":"N"},{"id":1095618,"author_name":"Adam Konig","author_uid":"adam-konig","epoch":1728429027,"text":"Short and sweet entry, would have loved a few more enemy types to avoid and beware of or like a bonus more dumping lots of souls at once, but still very solid entry had a lot of fun","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1095849,"author_name":"Wind1e","author_uid":"wind1e","epoch":1728432154,"text":"It's always nice to hear music and sound effects in a jam game, let alone a solo project. Definitely loved how chaotic things can get if you don't take out enough of the bad shadow dudes. 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A bit on the easy side, and a bit more variety in enemies would be nice, but overall quite good.","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1108456,"author_name":"tom_ahawk","author_uid":"tom-ahawk","epoch":1728695850,"text":"Very atmospheric. Collected all the souls :)","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1110181,"author_name":"Faust_Mi","author_uid":"faust-mi","epoch":1728767397,"text":"Very enjoyable game with great music, color selection and gameplay. You guys are great!!! Thank you for a great experience.","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1110838,"author_name":"icxon","author_uid":"icxon","epoch":1728804511,"text":"Enjoyed the gameplay and challenging enemies. 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